Nicholson Boys

Reasons Why I Stink at Posting...

2012-01-23T16:15:00.000-08:00

#1: I don't know how to take an action shot picture...and these boys are NEVER still.

#2- They REFUSE to smile. I have to take surprise pics.

#3- The pictures turn out really goofy when they try to stop me from taking it. (fyi...Im pretty sure my shadow is mixed in with the pole next to me...I got a big laugh out of this pic!)

#4- They try to dodge out of the pic.

#5- The lighting is never right and I don't know how to work my camera. Even blurry though...this kid is pretty darn cute.

#6- The fake smile.

#7- The "get the camera out of my face" look.

#7- Action shot and camera dodge put together doesn't make for a good pic.

#8- Another bad action shot...but had to capture them being loving sweet brothers. ;)

#9- ALMOST got him this time.

#10- So many reasons to stop posting on this blog...but I'm going to try to hold out until the end of the year...or maybe summer. These kids are so dang cute I want to show them off a bit longer! :)

Until next time...and who knows when that might be. ;)

Christmas 2011

2011-12-28T10:25:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas! Don't the boys look adorable in their matching Grinch jammies?!? They were pretty excited and actually allowed me to take a posed pic of them right before heading to bed on Christmas Eve! Gage fell asleep fairly quickly...but Corbin was awake until about 11-1130pm!

The boys set out Santas favorite...cookies and chocolate milk!

Here is the before picture. Don't you just love my lopsided tree? I could have cared less and I also had the boys put on 90% of the ornaments by themselves...and I didn't even care if they were jumbled together. ;)

This was the after picture...at about midnight. The kids were good this year!

Stockings! They each got a new ipod touch cover for their ipod touches! Gage has a Perry one (from Phineaus and Ferb) and Corbin got a Captain America one.

Santa drank all the milk and the funny guy only ate 1 cookie and put the other one back in the cookie container...he must have been already stuffed full of sweets!

Ok...I have some issues with elves/tinkertoy makers! PLASTIC tinker toys?!?! Are you friggin kidding me? They are super expensive and are suppose to be made out of WOOD!

Corbin and GAge got the new Wii game SkyLanders for Christmas! Corbin immediately became addicted. GAmmy was nice enough to give us her old TV. Since we didn't have a stand for it, I used our coffee table. The next day I tried to rearrange the toyroom to make room for a couch. (so they could sit comfortable while playing) and BAM CRASH BOOM!!!...I broke both the coffee table and TV.

This guy is copying what I did after breaking the coffee table and TV.

OH.MY. LEGOS! The lego contraption on the left took me a little less than 3 hours to make. The lego contraptions on the right...over 3 hours! I basically threatened the boys with their lives and told them they weren't allowed to break them. :)

Of course, Santa always has to bring some sort of craft. Gage's little people are on the left..Corbin's on the right.

Doctor Dreadful is...dreadful. This wasn't Santas dumbest present though...the dumbest one was the Erector sets. The boys were super happy with all their presents though and got so much more than I took pics of!

I'm such a slacker when it comes to pictures and posting lately. I was actually considering shutting down my little blog...until I got a sweet letter from one of my grandmas saying that she loves to look at it. :) I will try to post more...but can't make any promises! HA!

Until next time!

Loving on Santa!

2011-12-19T11:19:00.000-08:00

We are convinced that this Santa is the real deal! He is awesome! Gage asked him for the "Doggie Doo" game and Corbin said he wanted a popcorn machine. ;)

Lots of love all around...even Mommy got a hug and kiss from Santa. XOXOX

Merry Christmas!

Roller Baby!

2011-11-13T18:24:00.000-08:00

The boys pulled out their roller skates for the first time...in a VERY long time this weekend! They did a really good job not falling. (well...not falling hard anyway.)

Gage is the shadow in the background. He was too busy being social with the neighbor kids to take a picture.

Love these boys!

Say CHEESE!

2011-11-06T08:35:00.000-08:00

How great did the boys pics turn out this year?!? I am so happy with them. The first time I looked at both of them..I was shocked to notice just how much they look alike! I mean, take off the hair and we practically have the same kid! All summer, I got the question "Are they twins?" and never understood it until now. :)

HA HA HA!!! 15 years later...and I'm back in a yearbook too!! I wonder if MY mommy is going to want this pic in her wallet too. (hee hee)

At the skate park...

2011-11-02T18:23:00.000-07:00

Just this past weekend, Michael and Gage had discovered the skate park...so Corbin and I headed over with them yesterday to see what all the fuss was about.

I quickly figured out that this was a REAL skate park. For some reason, I figured it was going to be like a sidewalk trail in a hidden part of the city. I was wrong. There were a bunch of bigger kids flying around on scooters, bikes and rollerblades. By flying...I mean doing tricks mid-air and flipping around. Scared me to death...especially since my wee little ones were in the middle of it!

Corbin is the cautious one. He rode around carefully sporting his flip flops.

Gage cautious? Not so much. He wanted to ride around in this thing. (fyi...random kid got in my pic)

Off Gage went. He whizzed around the empty swimming pool thing, only needing help out at the end. :)

Corbin riding around...

Now since Gage is my little daredevil...and the kids 10+ years older than him were jumping off things...he decided to give it a try. Not too bad this time around!

...and then, in true Gage fashion...the next time was a COMPLETE.FAIL. He tried to stop or something at the last minute...and went straight down, face first.

Little man had a big boo-boo. Mommy and Daddy felt horrible and are now currently looking for a new and better sized helmet for our little Evel Knievel.

Stay tuned for school pics!

Happy Halloween 2011!

2011-11-01T18:02:00.000-07:00

Okay...it's my own fault for not checking my camera battery before we left...but these couple pictures are the ONLY ones I got of Halloween. Unfortuneatly, it was after part of Corbin's costume had been broken and after Gage decided not to wear the Ghostbusting pack thingy on his back that I decided to snap a picture. Corbin turned out looking more like a burglar than a ninja...

...and thank goodness Gage had the Ghostbuster emblem, or he would have looked like a prisoner of some sort. :) The boys were happy either way...so that is all that matters!
After the above pic...my camera died.

I got out my iphone for the next couple pics. We were invited to a Halloween party this year, and here is my favorite pic of the night! Look at Gage and all the kiddos reacting to Corbin's friends dad. (yep...confusing, but not using names!) ;)

So sweet! Happy Halloween ya'll!

Gage is Star Student!!

2011-10-24T19:20:00.000-07:00

Doesn't he look proud!?! I sure am! He got his first report card this last week and also got Star Student in his class. I tried to make his poster similar to the one I made for Corbin in kindergarten, so I could hang them up together. I LOVE IT!

This is a picture I took of the boys on the morning of picture day at school...because who knows what the school pics are going to look like. ;) I actually got Corbin to wear a button up shirt without complaining and Gage is sporting his "Justin Beaver (beiber)" hairdo! Gotta love them!

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the next pics posted will probably be Halloween! :)

Until then....

Special...Super...Seven-Year-Old! (& Spooky Party!)

2011-10-16T19:34:00.000-07:00

Corbin is 7 years old.I have a 7 year old baby (if that makes sense) who is starting to read chapter books, and who can do math in his head that I still need my fingers for. He's growing up. He's not a baby...but he's still and always will be MY baby. ;)

Above is a picture taken the day after his birthday with his classroom mascot, Corduroy. He needed a picture for his classroom journal and brought along a birthday present for the pic too. I'm hoping his teacher doesn't mind that it's a gun. (She is a fellow boy mom.)

Since his birthday fell on a Saturday, we booked his party for the same day! It was at a park right next to our house! Above is a picture of the goody bag I made special to the occasion.

He wanted a Halloween-themed party. He invited about 30 friends, so I needed a quick and inexpensive treat...and what 7 year old boy doesn't like something that says "Poop" on it?!?
Marshmallows (ghost poop) and Choco Chips (bat droppings) AWESOME!

He also wanted to rent a bounce house...and it was a HUGE hit!!! (Nevermind the major drama of the stupid thing deflating twice with kids inside...ugh)

My two favorite people in the whole world sporting their Halloween wear. :) Corbin was the best birthday boy, playing with all his friends and being super nice to his lil brother.

Corbin insists on cookie cake. :)

I also grabbed some fall themed cupcakes for the kids who like them instead! :)

One of the calmer moments in the bounce house.

Slade

Gammy and Lincoln

Seth and Gage

Abby

(I have other pics of other party kids, but I don't like putting them on the blog unless they are close friends and family)

The annual birthday pic of Corbin with his birthday buddy, Carson. (I need to find all of them from every year and do a post on that!)

Sugar!!

Presents!! We waited to open presents when we got home so the kiddos could all play at the party!

Hangin out with friends!

My favorite pic! I didn't get that many pics at the party and many didn't turn out thanks to the bouncing in the bounce house! :)

Corbin with some of his loot! (and Corduroy) Corbin had an AWESOME time!

Happy Birthday Baby...I mean BIG BOY! Mom loves you! XOXOX

Ummm......

2011-10-10T18:23:00.000-07:00

I figured since it was "National Walk to School Day" and since the boys and I were matching...I would get Michael to take our pic... WTH is up with my hair?!? and I look like I have about 3 chins! Seriously...I look like I just woke up! (which technically I did...but geez)

I figured since 2 out of the 3 of us looked adorable...I would still post. Next time I will make sure to check my hair and makeup and slightly elevate my chin. Lesson learned. ;)

New Class Tee's!

2011-10-01T09:30:00.000-07:00

I wanted to get some pics of the boys in their new class t-shirts...and this is what I got! They just love the camera...don't they?

Super cute!

Imagination & Creativity

2011-09-25T12:08:00.000-07:00

Yes...although the boys love their video games and toys, they also love playing and doing things a little out of the ordinary!! For example... Playing in the kitchen cabinets. (above) They both have their own secret little space to call their own in the kitchen.

Michael has this plastic cart thingy...and I caught the boys in the backyard racing each other around in it...so what did I do?

I suggested they get on concrete so they can go a little faster! (Look at Gage riding... so cute and having a ball!)

The boys also like dressing up and since I threw out all their old costumes (they grew out of), they had a blast playing in some Lincoln brought over this weekend! Red Spiderman is Lincoln...Black Spiderman is Gage. Corbin pretended to be Harry since these were the only costumes...such imagination!

Love these boys!

Cock-A-Doodle-PARTY!!!

2011-09-18T12:57:00.000-07:00

This weekend was Seth's 4th Birthday Party! Above is the invite I created for his "Petting Zoo" party! (obviously I crossed out my sister-in-laws contact info!) Super cute!

Birthday Boy!
(I was hired as birthday photographer...I picked out a few of my favorites for my blog!)

The party was at a farm on the outskirts of Mckinney. Michael said "wouldn't it be great to live out here?"...I said, "no."

Gagey had a swingin' good time! ;)

Corbin and Opal...the pig. She likes her belly scratched...and also likes suckers. (we found that out a little after this pic)

Corbin had a turn! This looked pretty dangerous...but only one kid was knocked over by a flying kid.

Gage checking out the emus. Did you know they make this weird bass drum noise when you get too close? odd creatures.

Gage bonding with Opal.

Best pic of the day! Both baby and goat looked for the camera!

Seth and Gage checking out the goldfish supply.

I haven't a clue what is so funny...but thought it would make a precious pic.

Gage touching RATS! Ugh

One of the main reasons there are no posed pics in this fam...Gage is such a goober!

So cool! A hedgehog!

Seth's inner thought..."There is no way in h3!! I am touching that!"

Looks like this reptile just ate a blue cupcake. I have no clue why the tongue is that color...I'm pretty shocked I got this close for the picture.

Gage touching the snake.

Corbin's turn. Anyone notice that Seth is nowhere to be found!?! lol.

Blane. (Corbin, Gage, Seth and Slade's cousin.)

Slade and Dakota. (more cousins!)

Blane and Corbin bonding.

Another favorite pic. Dakota is the boys' cousin and my birthday buddy!

Happy Birthday Toot!

A rare pic...of both boys!!! Love it!!!

1st Grade- STAR of the WEEK!

2011-09-11T14:29:00.001-07:00

Corbin got STAR student at school, and we made him a poster to hang outside his classroom for everyone to see! :) Corbin got to pick out the pictures he wanted on it this year. (I picked out most from his kindergarten one.)

I think it turned out pretty darn cute! I'm sure Gagey will have one to make sometime this year too!

I'm so proud of both my boys!

Fish Tales!

2011-09-06T17:30:00.000-07:00

Today, after I got home from staff development (which was great by the way), I came home to the boys and Michael getting the fishing poles ready. Since the weather for the past couple days has been perfect...it was time to go fishin!

So cute!! Of course...he wasn't the most patient fisherman.

...a couple minutes later...here he is celebrating his first catch!!

Poor first catch.

What?!?! (I figured tonight was as good time as any to get a blog post done...I've been stinking at posting lately)

Corbin's first catch!

Gage would not go near the fish. Corbin was much more brave. He also told me "hurry up and take the picture...the fish is dying!!"

If you look REALLY REALLY closely...you can see the fish. ;)

Now...my favorite story of the night. Corbin decided to walk off from his fishing pole...and a fish literally took off with the pole! Michael had to fish and find the pole out of the bottom of the pond. Hilarious!

He wouldn't touch a fish...but a worm is okay?!? Ew. Gotta love being a boyMOM.

Until next time...and who knows when that will be.

Class of 2024

2011-08-27T07:36:00.000-07:00

Well...its official! Gage got Corbin's kindergarten teacher!! How cool is that?!?

Even cooler...mom is going to be working at their school! I start on Monday. I'm going to be a full time teachers aide in both instruction (with Kinder & 1st grade) and PE/Wellness. I'm really excited and hope it leads to a teaching position next year!!

Stay tuned...

First Day of 1st Grade & Kindergarten!

2011-08-24T16:41:00.000-07:00

The first day of school came way too quick! I can't believe that I have two boys in school now!! Where has the time gone?!? Anyway, the boys were up and ready to roll in the morning. Both were really excited!

Corbin refused to wear a nice "dress" shirt for the first day of school. He picked this one out all by himself! Corbin has a really nice 1st grade teacher. Her room is all decked out in a Cowboy/Mustang theme...so cute! He has 3 friends from his kindergarten class in his class this year...so he's in heaven!

Look at my baby! I had a REALLY hard time last year when Corbin started school, but an even harder time this year...because Gage is almost a full year younger than Corbin was when he started. He didn't cry when I left him in his classroom! I cried the minute I hit the hallway. :(

The first 2 days were tear free. He had a little trouble this morning, but when I picked him up, he was all smiles!!

Kindergarten starts out with a temporary homeroom for the first week of school, so we find out his permanent homeroom on Friday! We are pretty sure it's going to be Corbin's kinder teacher...but we'll see and let ya know! ;)

Gage's Perry Backpack and lunchbox!

New backpack...same theme! Corbin went with Transformers again this year!

Hope the rest of the week goes well!! They are grumpy...but seem pretty happy...if that makes sense!

Until next time.

Party like a (soon-to-be) 5-year old!!!

2011-08-08T17:32:00.000-07:00

For, at least, the past 2 months, Gage has had it set that he was going to have a Phineas and Ferb birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese!...so that is EXACTLY what he got!!! Above is one of the invites I created for the big event!!!

His birthday celebration happened this weekend, a few days before he actually turns 5. I'm sad that I have a soon-to-be 7 year old and a soon-to-be 5 year old...both headed to school this year. :( .....Okay...on with the fun stuff!

(my FAVORITE pic of my birthday boy!) Gage was super excited to get his party started and to see all his friends!

Before friends arrived, the two brothers took a spin! (this is going to be a real car all too soon!)

Party guest Carter!

Corbin & Carson

Youngest party guest...Abby

Lincoln. I don't know why this turned out so blurry. :/

Seth. (actually smiling for me, but covered up with food)

Ready for some cake! Dakota, Lincoln and Seth

Party guests...Ella, Emma and Blane. (or Emma, Ella and Blane...can't tell the girls apart)

Party guest(don't like using names of peoples kiddos I don't know that well...)

Party guests

Corbin and Carson again...they played the whole time together!

I think the entire party...except the birthday boy! It was really hard to get any pictures because of how crowded this area was!

The birthday cake!!

The characters on the cake were actually zipper pulls for Gage's new Perry backpack! Here he is licking off the icing!

He got a cool crown and birthday necklace...which really made him happy!

Yummy!

Here he is getting ready in the ticket blaster!

Gage caught tons of tickets!!

Party guest Slade! hee hee.

The presents!!! Gage got some really cool stuff. Below is all the loot after opening it!! Thanks friends and fam!!!

Stay tuned for ACTUAL BIRTHDAY photos on his ACTUAL birthday ;P

Gage's Birthday Wish List

2011-07-31T13:49:00.000-07:00

Everyone has been asking me what Gage wants for his birthday. At the time, I had no clue, so last week I took him to the toy store to let him get some idea of what he would like. Below are some choices...that I could find pictures for.

1. Fast Lane Car Transporter (if it helps...he also commented "Mimi and Pop will get me this...")

2. Animal Planet Deep Sea Playset (this kid LOVES playsets of any kind)

3. Basketball

4. Lego City Police Boat (fyi...Gage's mom would much rather have a police boat NOT made of legos. Like I said...these are ideas of things he would like...don't necessarily have to get the exact thing ;)

5. Gassy Gus Game

6. Cars 2 Ridemakerz Grab-n-Go: Finn McMissile

7. Cars 2 Siddely the Spy Jet

8. Wrestling Ring with wrestlers

9. True Heroes Pirate Raft

10. Squinkies Skull Cavern Playset and some squinkies.

These are in no particular order and at least gives all the family and friends some ideas of the KINDS of things Mr. Gage likes to play with these days :)

Can't wait to see everyone at the party!!!!

Lights...Camera...Cousins!

2011-07-25T14:48:00.000-07:00

So...since I NEVER take pics anymore, I decided to take my camera with me on one of our many trips to the "duck pond" and it was an added bonus that Lincoln was spending the night and was able to come with us...and get his picture taken.
**I'm not going to lie. 99% of the pictures I got to take were of the boys backs...because they wanted NOTHING to do with pictures for the most part.**

A mama duck just had a bunch of babies a couple weeks ago..so every night Gage and I go take our walk at the duck pond...we have to check on the babies. So cute.

Super cute pose...with a super fake smile. ugh. Again, 99% of pictures were fake smiles and back sides.

Lincoln checking out the ducks on the bridge. I liked it much better when he was on the bridge then the side of the pond. ;)

"Boys...look at the camera!" Gage refuses...Lincoln strikes a pose and Corbin makes a weird face.

Lots of running was going on...even in the extreme heat. Boys!

My thoughts while taking this pic..."Please Lincoln..don't try to copy Corbin while I'm snapping away!"

My favorite picture of Lincoln...even with the half-fake smile. ;) In his defense...he was saying "Cheese!" (then he had to look at the picture to okay it)

Dirty feet! Still cute kid.

This one turned out too dark...but it sure was a cute lil pose. :)

Corbin was my biggest supporter of the pics tonight...which is odd. He usually HATES the camera. (must have been the bribing I did for treats afterwards!)

Lincoln wouldn't take a pic with the boys here...so they took some goofy pics.

I asked for one normal shot of the two of them together...this is what I got.

My favorite. I think he kinda looks like a boy bander here...but he said he wanted to take a picture just for me and I think it turned out perfect. ;)

3 sweaty boys...almost all looking at the camera! 2 out of 3 is a miracle!!! Love these kids!

S is for...

2011-07-21T19:38:00.000-07:00

S is for...sitter. This week I got to watch Slade a couple times while Sarah had work. Corbin was making pig snout faces at Slade in the window.

S is for... sweet. Gage is so sweet to Slade when he comes over. He plays with him and keeps him almost as entertained as Star does.

S is for... Safety. Gage was always making sure Slade wouldn't do anything to hurt himself. Of course, I was always right there to make sure too...but let Gage think he was the babysitter.

S is for....ah.... Sage. That rhymes with Gage! Yes...I really do have a college degree.

S is for...spider monkey. Gage is a monkey and literally climbing the walls at times. This time it was to get a laugh out of Slade.

S is for.... slip...which is what I did by slipping in this pic of Carson and Corbin. We had a playdate at Erica's this week and have sort of made it a summer tradition now to visit with our friends! They always have such a great time!

S is for... silly. Gage was pretending that Slade was tackling him down. Then Slade would try to "give Gage kisses" although it looked like he was trying to bite him instead. ;) Slade was pretty sleepy at this point.

S is for... sugar. Gage showing Slade a real kiss. :)

S is for...sharing, which Corbin wasn't willing to do with Slade when working on his precious artwork. Slade decided to slobber on a marker instead. ;)

S is for... Slade. I'm running out of S words.

S is for... smile. I love Gage's sly little smiles. :)

S is for...smart boy! I'm sorry...but he really is. :) He managed to be able to play on his own and was able to get Gage out of his hair while Slade was over. He doesn't have to be as sneaky as usual. ;)

Stay tuned...hopefully I'll get another post of two before Gage's 5th Birthday party!

Summer-time SLACKER!

2011-07-09T17:09:00.000-07:00

Okay...I have really sucked it up with picture taking AND posting to the blog this summer~ Blame it on the graduating college and trying to find a job thing. STRESSFUL! Anyway, here are some pics of some of our happenings this summer. Above is Corbin slippin and slidin'

We were over at Seth's house playing in the backyard...water is a must in these temperatures. I don't even know when this was...but I know it was after school got out!

Gagey's turn!

Rub-a-dub-dub... 3 boys in a...little pool? I tried to get a pic of everyone looking at me, but you know how that goes.

Corbin finally looked and soaked Seth and Gage.

Slade trying to give Star kisses.

Today (easy to remember) Sarah and Shawn brought the boys over for a bit!

The reason? So Uncle Michael could give Seth a haircut to "look like Corbin and Gage!"

Love this pic...although I accidentally cut out his haircut.

...and this pic turned out blurry! I don't know how to use my camera...there is another excuse for not using it more!! Anyway, I think his hair turned out good. He looks much older! If you ask his mom though...she might not agree. ;)

****I'm going to try to get more pics taken this summer. We've been going to the pool and waterpark quite a bit and Gagey's birthday is next month!!!****

Ode to SLADE

2011-06-12T17:49:00.000-07:00

At the end of the school year, Corbin brought home a "Poetry Notebook" with a bunch of poems in it that he wrote. There were poems about eggs, dogs, sharks, rocks and right in the middle of them all...a poem about his new baby cousin, Slade. Below is the poem in the exact way he wrote it.

Slade

Slade is littl (little)
Slade is wide
Slade likes to roll
Slade likes to gigl (giggle)
Slade has slobr (slobber)
Slade vomits
Slade Slade Slade

By: Corbin

Bittersweet...

2011-06-03T10:15:00.000-07:00

Okay...so I'm having both happy and sad emotions about today...It's my first babies' last day of kindergarten. I now have to say I have a first grader!!!! I'm not ready...wondering if his teacher will hold him back. :(

Here he is...headed to his first day of kindergarten.

And here he is...headed to his LAST day of kindergarten. (in terrible need of a haircut, too)

His last day with his kindergarten teacher. (We have already pretty much begged her to take the next Nicholson kindergartener too!) ;)

Corbin LOVES his teacher, so we wanted to get her something not only to thank her for being such a great teacher...but also because her birthday is this weekend! Corbin got her a bag (from custoMOM), a beach towel, cool glass, and a flower cookie...and a hand-made card. We also got her baby daughter a cute sippy cup and rubber duck. :)

We are going to miss Mrs. H...but hopefully a certain little brother will get lucky and get in her class!

Sport Stars and other stuff!

2011-06-02T17:23:00.000-07:00

Well the spring season of sports is finally coming to an end. Gage has his last t-ball game this Saturday. Above is the picture with his team! Is it not precious?!? Gage is the one on the bottom row holding the two bats. :) So cute!!!!

Only about 1/2 of Corbin's team showed up for pics after they were rescheduled because of weather...I personally think the photographer could have taken the other kids name off the soccer ball...but whatever. My baby still looks cute...even with the fake smile. ;)

Yesterday, instead of having practice for his last t-ball game...the Red Sox had a party instead! It was at the park and the boys couldn't get enough of the pond and baby ducks. Lincoln got to come along with us for the first few minutes of the party since I was babysitting him. :)

Corbin waiting patiently for the cupcake part of the party!

Gage with his t-ball trophy and baseball shirt! He is so PROUD of his trophy. He's been asking about it for weeks and is so happy he finally got it!!!

Having two kids in sports is CHAOTIC, but they have so much fun, it's all worth it!! I'm super happy it's summer though and we get the little break before fall season starts!

Until next time...

Corbin's 1st Field Day!!!

2011-05-31T17:42:00.000-07:00

My soon-to-be 1st grader had his very first FIELD DAY experience today! It was suppose to be a couple weeks ago, but thanks to the rain, it got rescheduled! I wasn't able to make it , but according to Corbin...he had a BLAST! And to make the day even better...his daddy got to spend the ENTIRE day with Corbin and his class! Corbin was so excited about that he had trouble sleeping all night! (seriously...he went to bed around 11pm and woke up around 5:30am)

Michael had a good idea of getting the class a little gift for end-of-the-year. Bubble wands for everyone!!! Green for the boys and pink for the girls!

Stay tuned for Gage's last t-ball game of the season and Corbin's last day of kindergarten!
(boo hoo)

Mommy is a College Graduate!!!!

2011-05-16T13:33:00.000-07:00

I finally graduated from college!!! Woo hoo!

We all headed to Splitsville to celebrate my big accomplishment with family!

The boys were super excited for the party!

I was excited about my well deserved drink! ;)

We got a private area and 2 lanes to bowl! One lane for the kiddos and the other for the adults. (fyi...I suck at bowling)

Me with my greatest accomplishments! :)

Corbin got a little bored with bowling after awhile. By the end of the party, he had two fat lips and a bloody nose after him and Lincoln rammed into each other.

Gagey celebrating after knocking pins down....I swear, the kid is better than me.

Slade was the only one that threw up at the party. ;)

The cake!

Precious.

Again...precious.

Seth had the MOST fun bowling...he lasted the entire time!

Impromptu pic. These never turn out. It didnt' help that 3 people were snapping pics at the same time.

I am such a nerd!!! I'm SUPER happy that college is finished...but stressed and anxious about the coming year, thanks to the lovely budget. (great time to get a teaching degree...ugh)

Thanks to everyone that helped me celebrate my big day!!!

One busy Saturday morning!

2011-05-11T07:16:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday morning was REALLY a busy one for the Nicholson crew. First off (at 8am) we headed to Gage's t-ball game.

Sliding home!

Next up was Corbin's last soccer game of the season! (9am) Thank goodness Corbin and Gage both play at the same park or we would have difficulties. :)

Lil man played hard for his last game. We are proud of our lil Titan!

Slade came to watch Corbin's last game too. (Seth and Sarah too, of course.)

Corbin was lucky enough to play soccer with his good bud from school.

RIGHT after Corbin's soccer game, we raced over to Carter's birthday party! It was super cool because it was at a real fire station! The boys got to see the firestation, where the firefighters slept and even got to see inside the ambulance, fire truck and helicopter!

LOVE Gagey in this picture. The boys are in their uniforms since the party started at 10. :)

Carter's lil sister Abby in her (or Carter's) fire truck onesie! :) So cute....Erica is cute too. ;)

Hope you had a good birthday Carter!

Stay tuned for college graduation pics!!! Hopefully I won't forget my camera! ;)

Teacher Appreciation Week!

2011-05-06T06:34:00.000-07:00

Being that I'm room mom in Corbin's class this year...and a sucky one at that since I've been unable to help her all year due to school...I went all out for teacher appreciation week!

Monday: Bring your teacher her favorite drink!!
I'm sure she has enough root beer to last her the rest of the year now...and I added root beer barrels (candy) to what Corbin brought her.

Tuesday: Bring your teacher her favorite candy! My first candy bouquet!! I was pretty proud of it and terrified it was going to fall apart!

This is a bucket I brought in for the specials teacher (speech therapist). Every class adopts a specials teacher to get stuff for. I took her basket to her today and it was filled with stuff from other kids in the class...thank goodness!

Wednesday: Bring a gently used or inexpensive book for classroom library. I also added a personalized notepad from Corbin...her all-time favorite student. ;) Thursday: Bring a giftcard to your teachers' favorite store. No pic here but Corbin got her a chick-fil-a card and other students did too...along with restaurants and GAP cards! :)

Friday: Bring your teacher flowers. Since my last day of student teaching was yesterday, I was able to go up to Corbin's school and have all the students make his teacher a little something extra too! The flowers (and bees) are their fingerprints.

I'm not a big fan of flowers...but isn't it pretty? The tulips and vase were from Corbin, but others were added after students started showing up. :)

I'm so relieved that teacher appreciation is over!! It's a lot of work!

Now I'm headed off to Denton for my senior luncheon....then grad day next weekend! Wa hoo!!!

Star of the Week!

2011-05-02T19:38:00.000-07:00

Ok...so Corbin got "Star of the Week" at his school...a few weeks ago. I'm so slow at posting these days. Anyway, one of the perks of getting Star of the Week is that you (or your mom) gets to make a poster of pics of you, your family and your favorite things. We (or I) worked really hard on this poster! Isn't it precious?!? My baby is growing up way too fast. In another month, he'll be considered a 1st grader!!!!

I'm so proud of Mr. Corbin. He's done phenomenally this year in school. He's pretty much dubbed as the teachers' pet, he has the hearts of all the girls in his class and he went up 2 reading levels recently!!!!

Stay tuned for more...student teaching is done in 3 days!

Happy Easter!!!!...and Birthday to me and Linc-a-doo!

2011-04-25T16:05:00.000-07:00

At about 8:30pm on Saturday night...we dyed Easter eggs. Yep...kinda late, but we were super busy all day and the boys and I had just got back from the movie, HOP. We were in the Easter spirit! (and Yes...they are in their underwear. I will not mess up clothes for 10 minutes of Easter egg dyeing fun)

Before bunny pic.

The bunny stash....

After bunny pic! They were SUPER excited to see that they got not just one...but 2 beyblades! Little did the Easter bunny know...the boys were wanting a specific beyblade. After the bunny bought one...the bunny had to go back for more! One busy (stressed out) bunny! Anything for the Nicholson Boys!

Sitting in front of Aunt Sarah's after the church egg hunt. Seriously...have you ever seen cuter munchkins?!?

Playing in the backyard with Seth. (who, by the way, would not look at me for a picture!) Little toot. :) He must remember the good ole days when I watched him and never put my camera down. :)

Corbin showing off his beyblade. Besides when he's at school...he always has one in his pocket.

Best pic of the three...and I had to trick Seth into looking at me. :)

Slade....aka...Mr. Happy! I could just eat him up! (Even with all the drool and leftover sweet potatoes!)

This pic is almost perfect...if Aunt Michelle, Joey and Gammy would have moved! After lunch with the Nicholson/Moody's...we went home for dinner with the Corpian's.

Gagey and Lincoln eating massive blow pops.

Corbin and Lincoln. Corbin just finished his massive blow pop. (just in case you were wondering what was wrong with his mouth.)

Since our birthday was the day after Easter this year...we decided to celebrate both on Easter. Here is the birthday buddies annual pic! Lincoln is 3 and Aunt Shawna is 3-3! (This will be an annual tradition...until Lincoln is old enough to be embarrassed by it.)

Stay tuned for more....I have been taking pics lately, but have had no time to post! 2 more weeks of student teaching!

Kindergarten Hoe-down!

2011-04-25T16:01:00.000-07:00

Corbin had his spring program last week! It was all about cowboys and line dancing!! I'm amazed at how well these 80 + kindergarteners did! They had about 5 dances to do and they did awesome!! They must have practiced A LOT! Of course , none of my pics turned out, but thought I'd show a couple....

Where's Corbin? This is half the kindergarten...the other half was on the other side.

We were so proud of our lil man! So cute! Michael actually has some on video...but don't know how well you can see Corbin.

Easter Bunny!

2011-04-18T16:54:00.000-07:00

Another year...another Easter Bunny picture. Just this weekend I finally got out our Easter decorations and baskets and remembered that we haven't been around to see the bunny yet. With this week being so busy, I decided to take the boys after school today!!! Although we did have to wait in line before 4 pm...all went well!

Stay tuned for kindergarten program pictures, Easter pictures and me and Lincoln's birthday pic! :)

GONE (craw) FISHIN' !!

2011-04-10T14:31:00.000-07:00

Saturday night, after all the soccer and t-ball games, we headed out to the creek for some crawfishin' fun!!

Lincoln joined us...and big shock...TOUCHED a crawfish! He got braver and braver as the night went on.

We found a group of boys catching crawfish and since they were such pro's at it...Corbin, Lincoln and Gage were mesmerized and watched the entire time!!

Lincoln kept copying everything Michael did.

Yep...best pic I could get of the cousins...

Next time we go catch crawfish...the boys will be much better prepared. These other boys kept catching them! Lincoln really got close at the end of the night...until I told him mommy and daddy had gone somewhere to eat these little "bugs". Before he got upset, I had to tell him I was just kidding.

My sweet little mess. (stay tuned for new haircut pics...)

My favorite pic of the night! He posed for me then said..."Let me see it!" (the camera to see the pic)

After a night of crawfishing and then ice cream...they relaxed and watched Pinnochio!! Fun times!!

Introducing #8 of the Red Sox...Gage!

2011-04-05T18:21:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday was Gage's first t-ball game!! Last season he was a RoughRider...this season he's on the Red Sox. Same coach and same team with a different name...and much cuter uniform if I do say so. :)

Warming-up!

Gage is one of a small handful that can actually catch the ball...and he's got a great arm too!!!

Girls are already after Corbin....just kidding! This is a classmate of Corbin's who has a little brother that plays on the Red Sox too!

Gage's team doubled in size this season....I'm guessing because it's spring. Waiting their turn in the dugout is probably the most difficult part for this age. :)

Walking out to bat...Is he not the cutest?!?!

This year, they incorporated a catcher...don't know why, but they sure do look cute. Gage is wondering what the kid in the full gear is doing standing by him.

I just thought I would add this picture that Gage took with my camera of the Joker. I was a little nervous to let him "play" with my big camera...but I was also trying to do lessons for the next couple weeks, so I gave it a shot! He did pretty good!

Stay tuned for more pics. With Corbin playing soccer and Gage playing t-ball...I'm bound to have more.

LOVE THIS SMILE!

2011-03-19T08:39:00.000-07:00

Mommy seriously almost burst into tears when I took this picture. My baby is growing up. :(

Expect at least 1000 more pictures of this precious smile.

Go TITANS!!!

2011-03-12T18:55:00.000-08:00

Today was Corbin's 2nd soccer game!

Lincoln, Michelle and Gammy came to cheer him on!

Of course Gage came...and he had a blast playing with Corbin's friends' little brother!

Corbin is #2 of the Titans! (the TALL one!)

Mimi, Pop, Shawn, Sarah, Seth and Slade all came to watch too!! Gagey LOVES Slade!

Corbin was able to play "POINT?" a few times today and give the ball a good kick!

Is he not the cutest?

Gagey got some one-on-one time with Slade.

Seth showing his muscles!

Gage loves Slade...and Slade obviously loves Gage. :) Super cute!

Although the Titans lost this time around, the boys all had a blast (on and off the field). Stay tuned for more pics of Corbin and his soccer...and Gage and his t-ball!!!

Cuddle Bug!

2011-03-09T19:27:00.000-08:00

I asked Gagey this morning if he could stay mommy's baby forever...

He replied, "No...I want to grow up and be a dad"

Mommy wants that too...and a grandaughter! (a long long long long long time from now)

Silly Boys!

2011-02-26T07:37:00.000-08:00

Happy Heart Day!

2011-02-15T17:39:00.000-08:00

Is this not sad?!? This is what my Valentine's Day decorations consist of. A store-bought decoration above...and a frame that I (or custoMOM) made last year...with last years Valentine picture! (below)

LOTS of teachers to buy for this year! I got creative with the can, but only put boring candy inside.

The back sides of the cans for the boys' teachers. :)

Gagey was the ONLY one that had a Valentine party this year, and mommy was in charge of bringing the cupcakes...I actually made them if you can believe that!

Valentines Day treats from mommy!

LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture!!! Gage was so excited about getting to eat a cupcake that he couldn't take his eyes off of it for a picture! :)

Hope everyone had a good Valentine's Day and Happy Birthday to Emma and Ella! We had a blast at the birthday party!

SNOW FUN!!!!!

2011-02-04T15:30:00.000-08:00

Holy snowhill Batman!!! What is going on in TX?!? This is our second huge amount of snowfall this season! We missed 4 days of school this week!!!!! We had horrible cabin fever today so we decided to go see Yogi Bear and then venture out to play in the snow...at the park!!!

You will notice that there are way more pictures of Gage than Corbin. Reason? Corbin would not stay still for 2 seconds! He was throwing all sorts of snowballs!

Thought I would add a pretty picture of the park. :)

Isn't this a cute face? Gagey was in awe of all the snow!

Be careful lil man...super slippery!!!

Sweetest and happiest boy! Notice the gap on the top of his smile?? He has a super duper loose upper tooth (actually both are) I have a feeling that one next to the gap will be gone very very soon. Expect some major posting! (I think the two front teeth missing are the cutest pics!!)

Kickin' it...well the snow. ;)

Watching in awe again...snow is a big deal around here!

Me: "Corbin, don't throw snow at Gage!"

Corbin: "I won't!!!"

huh.

My Incredible Hulk...or Mr. Incredible.

One more pic of the park....

Guess who was the FIRST to fall down?... fyi, it was his second fall of the day :)

What do ya do?

2011-02-03T14:10:00.000-08:00

What do you do when Gage refuses to leave his precious pillow pet up at his new school?

You make him a special "school only" pillow, of course!!!

I thought that "SPOT", Gagey's pillow pet would have been of great use up at his new school for rest time...until the school told Gage that they would like him to leave his pillow and blanket for the entire week! Gage wasn't having it...so I figured I would just get him a travel-size pillow for school. Well... it was boring, so I had to work my magic! ;)

Now...if my magic could work on this weather!!!! AAAAHHHH!!!

My First Day (week)!

2011-01-29T13:44:00.000-08:00

A little late in posting this but I wanted to let everyone know that I made it through my first week of student teaching!!!

My first day was pretty simple because my cooperating teacher was out, so I basically watched the substitute teacher and got the tour and things from her. (which was kinda cool because she was a student teacher the previous semester)

My second day was my first day and it went pretty good!! By the end of my first week, I had taught parts of a couple classes and looking forward to teaching a little more every week!!!

I'll try to post as often as possible...but I have a feeling it's going to be pretty busy the next 104 days!!!

Let's Do Lunch!

2011-01-15T15:19:00.000-08:00

Okay...I must admit it. I am a BLOG ADDICT! I love reading blogs of all sorts. I started off just reading friends and family blogs, then I stalked some other mommy blogs, then ventured off to creative blogs of all sorts!!!! There is a flippin' blog for everything and I LOVE them all!!

Anyway, on one of the mommy blogs I stalk, I saw that she had this lunchbox for her kiddo and HAD TO HAVE IT for the boys!! I figure its a good present too for Gage since he's going to a new school and Corbin is going to an afterschool program. :)

Are these not completely adorable!?!? My boys decorated them themselves...I think they get their creativity from their mom. ;)

They even have drink containers inside and separate compartments!! Super cool!

Gage wasn't having it when I wanted a pic of them with their new surprise presents...

...but after a lot of begging and pleading!! Love it!

I have found blogs too that have their whole sites dedicated to pictures of different lunch ideas just for these kind of lunchboxes!!! (more than one blog too...these people are serious about their lunches!!! )

Here's to hoping I have time to be that creative with the boys lunches. ;)

Snow Days & Cold Days Projects!!

2011-01-13T06:53:00.000-08:00

The snowfall came down hard this last weekend, so since snow doesn't last long around here...we took full advantage and played in the snow!! I didn't get many pictures because it kept drizzling. I wasn't willing to ruin my camera!

A look down the street. This was the day after the first snowfall. (aka the day after we slid into the ditch due to the ice and snowfall)

Gage didn't want his picture taken, so I was lucky to get a couple of Corbin.

Since it was so cold, the boys had to get creative with all the indoor play time. I walked into the playroom a couple days ago...and saw this. Gage informed me that he was playing "Home Depot."

Since the Home Depot game didn't last that long...we also decided to create some art...or jewelry. :) I went to my favorite place, Hobby Lobby, and got a dog tag jewelry kit for kids.

We made A LOT of dog tag jewelry!!!

Gage didn't know I was taking a picture of him and the necklace. :)

Until next time...

Gage's Lil' Obsession

2011-01-10T11:29:00.000-08:00

A few days ago, we watched Seth and Slade while Shawn and Sarah went and saw a movie. Boy oh boy!!! Gage was excited about "Baby Slade" coming over. He talks about Slade at least 10 times a day and always wants to go over to Seth's to hold him. I think he feels really big that he can hold him on his own too. :)

It's funny too how long he'll hold him considering Gage usually can't sit still!!! Even funnier is that Slade is usually perfectly content to just sit there! Super cute. Gage mentions that he wants a baby like Slade...I'm looking for a doll now that looks similar. :)

2011= One EXCITING Year!

2011-01-01T15:41:00.000-08:00

May 2011: I will become a college graduate!!! I am so so so excited about this one. I also recently found out that I'm graduating with honors! (Cum Laude or Magna Cum laude...depending on what GPA they use) I have worked my bootie off the past 4 years and cannot wait to walk (or dance) across that stage!

Corbin will graduate kindergarten this year...his first year at school, then move on to being a 1st grader! He's the perfect little student and I'm sure he'll continue to be.

Gage starts full-time pre-k this February! Although we haven't decided yet on what we will do in the fall...he will either be starting private kindergarten or maybe even going to regular kindergarten where Corbin goes to school. We'll have to see when the time comes! :)

I will also (hopefully) become a working mom!!! I REALLY hope I get my own classroom in the year 2011!!! Cross your fingers!

Happy New Year!!!

Let's Go Golfing...or try to

2010-12-31T14:49:00.000-08:00

Since the boys all got their own golf clubs for Christmas this year from Mimi and Pop, we decided to head out to TopGolf to test them out!

Unfortunately, this was the ONLY smile we saw out of Slade all night. Poor baby.

Corbin hitting the ball.

Seth's turn.

Gage watching his ball roll.

Then it was time for putt-putt. I think the boys had more fun looking (and playing) in all the water and running through the courses than actually playing the game...which was fine because I was more than ready to go home! :)

The boys all had a blast (except Mr. Slade) but I think the person who had the best time of all was Michael. He got on some leader board thing (18th out of 100 or something) and was VERY proud of himself. So Tiger...watch out! ;)

Christmas Day!!!

2010-12-28T16:19:00.001-08:00

Christmas was a huge success this year! Above is what the boys woke up to Christmas morning! (yes, I know it's symmetrical...Santa is articulate(or slightly OCD) in our house!)
If you look closely you can see the letter from Santa saying that there were 2 extra presents in the garage...BICYCLES!

The biggest hit wasn't anything Santa got...it was the presents from Mom and Dad ! iPod Touches! They asked Santa for Nintendo DS's, but we thought that they would get a lot more games and ones that can be easily downloaded too. :) Plus, Gage had been asking for an "I-Patch" for at least 9 months...so our decision between the two was simple.

Gage (and Corbin) both got Paper Jamz guitars...AC/DC ones too! I don't really understand why they are so popular...but the boys sure do look cute playing them!

Corbin?....Gage?....hello!?.... Yes, it has been a little quieter around here.

Around lunchtime, we headed over to Joey, Lincoln, and Michelle's house for a late Christmas lunch!

Joey (and Winnie) checked out Gage's new iPod.

Lincoln with his Iron Man glove on. He takes Iron Man very seriously. :)

Corbin had some fun with Lincoln's new Nerf gun. It was a battery-powered one, so all you had to do was shoot! (and we all got shot multiple times by all the boys)

Lunch! Corbin's favorite part was the rolls! (definitely his momma's son)

Lincoln got Corbin some spy stuff!! Pretty cool!

We got Lincoln some matchbox cars and race set thing. He really liked it too!

The only pic I got of Gammy's gifts to the boys. SuperHero Squad playsets!

Eating some dessert! Yum!!

It has been a wonderful Christmas vacation so far!! Now it's time to rest up and get ready for school to start back up...then student teaching!!!!

Twas the Night (Day) Before Christmas...

2010-12-26T18:18:00.000-08:00

On Christmas Eve, we headed over to Mimi and Pop's for a late lunch.

Here is Gage, Pop and Slade hanging out before our mexican food lunch!

Gage decided to do his own hair. I think he kinda looks like one of those Bakugan brawlers.

Lil Man Slade was full of smiles...

...he even got a picture with his favorite aunt!

Mimi and Pop had just gotten back from Jamaica and brought home some shirts and souvenirs for all the boys...Seth and Gage showed off their shirts.

Slade had plenty to look at...and seemed to enjoy the craziness from his brother and cousins! (like he has a choice!)

The 4 Primos! (that is "cousins" in Spanish) :)

hey...I'm trying to stay with the "spanish" theme, since that is what we had for lunch! :)

Notice how my boys are looking at me and Seth and Slade are looking at their mommy? Pretty good picture either way though!

Seth was pretty excited about the game the boys got him.

Gage was really excited about the game that Seth and Slade got him! :)

Corbin LOVES science, so this present was a big hit!

Slade didn't give a flip about the present we got him...maybe one day. ;)

Mimi and Pop got Corbin, Gage and Seth some golf clubs for Christmas! Top Golf...here we come!

The boys' got Pop some new (cooler) jeans for Christmas. They think (by they, I mean Michael) he needs to get a little more stylish.

Mimi got a necklace that says "Mimi" on one circle, "Seth, Slade" on another circle, "Corbin, Gage" on another circle and "Dakota, Blane" on another circle...hard to explain and this is the best pic I got. :)

Corbin with his cousin, Slade. Great picture!

Overall, Christmas Eve was a big success and everyone was happy with their gifts!

Stay tuned for the Christmas Day post!

Holiday in the Park!!!

2010-12-22T15:20:00.001-08:00

Yesterday, we headed over to Arlington to go to 6 Flags...aka Holiday in the Park! This was the boys' first time and it was the perfect day to go. (80 degree weather in December!) Thanks Mimi for giving us the tickets! We met up with Michelle, Joey, Ryan, Marissa and Lincoln. Our first ride was the "Cave" ride and this was by far Lincoln's favorite! (the boys liked it too!)

Here is Gage waiting in line at either the mini-mine train (which he loved) or the mine train. (which he called "stupid")

Sweet boys waiting patiently for some food. :) FYI...if you ever go to Six Flags with my brother...don't let him pick the dinner place. (gross)

Looney Tune Land was a fun place...especially for me, Marissa and Michelle. :)

Although we rode most of the rides with the kids, Michelle was the lucky one that got to go on this ride!

We had some down time waiting for Joey, Ryan and Michael to get off a "big kid" roller coaster, so the boys showed Lincoln how to misbehave a little. :)

Gagey dancing around like he always does.

I thought this was going to be a good picture, but it turned out blurry thanks to my piece of crap camera.

Silly Corbin.

Gagey is so sweet with his cousins. Gage and Seth had their arms around each other at Gaylord, he's always gentle with Slade, and at 6 flags, he was holding Lincoln's hand. :) So cute!

Waiting in lines was a lot less hectic than I thought it would be. These boys aren't known for their patience. :) Even lil Lincoln did well.

Corbin on the carousel.

Gage on the carousel.

Lincoln on the carousel...funny guy.

The lights were really pretty at the park...many were set to music.

5 hours later...we were ready to go home!! I can't believe I actually got a picture of both of them looking at the camera. Too bad Corbin looks a little psycho!

We had so much fun on our first trip to 6-flags! The boys didn't whine and complain (until the very end) and everyone had lots of laughs and had fun!!!

Stay tuned for Christmas festivities!

Santa Pictures: Past and PRESENT!

2010-12-21T07:48:00.000-08:00

2007: This was the first year we were able to get a Santa picture of Corbin. He was 3 years old. Gage was one. I think it helped that he had such a brave little brother. :) Of course, when Easter rolled around...Gage was terrified of the big bunny, and Corbin was the brave one.

2008: Corbin was 4 years old. Gage was 2. This was the year that Santa moved from Frisco to Allen. I think it's so cool that we have seen the same Santa! He's such a good one too!

2009: This one is probably my favorite. Corbin is 5, and Gage is 3.

2010: This years picture! We went and saw Santa last Wednesday! The boys were so excited! Don't they look sweet?!? This year Santa went high-tech and you could actually log into a kiosk with your cell phone and they would text you when it was time to get in line to see Santa!!! Awesome...although I think they used the money for the kiosk, so they did away with the reindeer this year. :(

I thought this picture was cute too! Look at their sweet lil hands! If you scroll up through the pictures...at least one of them has their hands the exact same way in every picture! So cute!! This picture was taken when Santa asked them what they wanted for Christmas this year.

Corbin: "spy stuff"

Gage: "motorcycles"

Stay tuned for more pics!! Fyi...Corbin's school Christmas party was a huge success, but I don't feel comfortable posting pics of other kids, so no pictures. :(

We are going to Holiday in the Park today and will have Christmas festivities later on in the week!!

Christmas-time at the Gaylord Texan and Bass Pro!!!

2010-12-15T07:00:00.000-08:00

Sunday afternoon we headed out with Mimi, Pop, Sarah, Shawn, Seth and Slade to check out the Christmas decorations at a couple places in Grapevine! Fun was had by all!! (except maybe Slade, who slept through almost the entire thing)

We went to the Gaylord Texan hotel first and checked out all the neat decorations!

I thought this was cute... a little shop in the hotel.

Gage said he didn't want his picture taken, but Corbin and Seth were all for it!

A Cowboy Santa...of course!

Gage was really excited about something here...can't remember what. He was dancing.

Pop showing off his bracelet that was made by a new jewelery maker...Gagey!

Here the boys are...crammed in the elevator.

Corbin asked to have his picture taken...so I of course took it! Super cute pic too!

Only in Texas.

This was Gage at least through half the tour...he was always standing right next to Slades stroller with his hand on his feet. :) He loves "Baby Slade" He even told me he wants a baby...and I told him I'd be happy to give him...a doll.

Standing in front of a gingerbread man made with real candies!!!

Again, this house was made with real candy! It smelled really good.

I think the boys' favorite part of the exhibits were the trains.

A cool (cute) picture of my lil man.

The closest one I got of all of them looking at the camera.

My favorite one of the 4 cousins! Corbin just trying to take a good pic, Gagey being gentle with Baby Slade, and Seth wanting to give baby kisses.

Seth decided HE wanted to hold Slade for pics...Michael to the rescue.

cute cowboy decorations!

Uncle Michael and Slade.

Love my boys.

This was Seth and Gage almost the entire time at Gaylord!!! So sweet.

A new favorite pic of Seth!! This was at the Bass Pro Shop on the reindeer carousel.

Love.this.one. He's concentrating on the target. Look at that cute lil face!

Gagey just wanted to shoot!

Not going to lie...Bass Pro about bored me to tears...but the boys had fun playing with all the stuff!!!

Stay tuned...

Christmas Countdown!!

2010-12-09T14:40:00.000-08:00

One of my most favorite things to do when I was little and it was Christmas-time was making links out of Christmas wrapping paper and getting to rip one off every night until the last link was left! So exciting and fun! Of course, I wanted the boys to share in that excitement, so last year we started the tradition of making the Christmas Countdown links. :)

As you might notice, these links are not made out of Christmas wrapping paper...it's construction paper. :) It's cheaper and is still Christmas-y and bright...so there! The leftover construction paper can also be used to make other crafts....and since this house likes doing crafts...it just made more sense! :)

Stay tuned for our Christmas Card this year!!! (really, stay tuned because I'm not totally positive I'll be sending out a hard copy...lol)

Look at the Camera....or don't

2010-12-04T19:25:00.000-08:00

Last weekend, the boys wanted to watch Rudolph with all the Rudolph characters. Perfect kodak moment...yeah right.

Almost...

I give up!

THANKFUL

2010-11-26T13:07:00.000-08:00

I took some not.so.great pictures of our Thanksgiving holiday. We had two this year (like every year) Sunday was the Corpian Family Thanksgiving. I figured instead of showing the (horrible) pictures, I'd explain something I'm thankful for in each one...Above: I'm thankful for the sweet bond that Lincoln has with his cousins, and vice versa.

I'm thankful for Corbin and his sneaky ways. (He was hiding from the younger boys and was telling me to hush at the moment while he played video games.)

I'm thankful that I captured this first for Lincoln...his first time holding an earthworm.

no words to express how thankful I am for this sweet boy...

Ditto

Thursday afternoon was the Nicholson Family Thanksgiving. Above: I'm thankful that Mammaw (on right, holding Slade) was able to come visit the boys! (sorry Michael, Shawn and Sarah...this is my only pic of Mammaw)

I'm thankful for Gage. (again no words can express how much.) I'm also thankful that he was feeling better after a really rough morning.

I'm thankful for how well these two brothers have been playing together lately.

I'm thankful that Corbin can control his level of frustration with Seth. :)

(Sethie toot was causing some problems during the air hockey game)

I'm thankful for Seth, and his crazy ways. (He just finished whopping me with the noodle.)

See my jacket hood in this picture...right above??? I'm thankful that my jacket is still in one piece after the candle incident. Yes, it may be drenched in candle wax, but at least it didn't go up in flames.

I'm thankful for Slade, and thankful he was able to get the good formula before his belly got really bad. :(

I'm mostly thankful for all the smiles this week! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

What I HEAR, What I SEE

2010-11-19T09:34:00.000-08:00

"Corbin is a model student!" "Corbin behaves so well and is such a sweetheart!"

"Gage has such good manners!" "Gage is so quiet and sweet!"

If only they could see what I see and hear what I hear at home. :)

Corbin is home from school today with strep throat...again. (2nd time since school started) Since I knew I would be staying home today, I finished my observation hours yesterday and told Gage he could stay home from school too! We are still in our jammies! :)

Stay tuned for Thanksgiving holiday festivities!!

The Last T-Ball Game...this year. :)

2010-11-07T12:48:00.000-08:00

Saturday was the last t-ball game of the year, so we brought cupcakes for Gagey's team!! The cupcakes originally had Transformer rings on the top, but there is a girl on Gagey's team, so mommy got creative and put baseball gumballs on top instead!

Lil man in the dugout waiting his turn. I got a bunch of picture of Gagey on the field, but they turned out horrible thanks to the sun. I'm hoping the coach's wife sends me some that she took because they are way way better!

Corbin watching Gage's last game. (not really...he might have watched a couple minutes, but he liked playing I SPY with Gammy instead)

Gagey with his trophy!! He was pretty excited about that!

Yea RoughRiders!! Good season!

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-31T19:42:00.000-07:00

It's a family tradition. Every year we go to Aunt Sarah's on Halloween night. The boys got to hang out with their cousin Seth, and their newest cousin, Slade!

Big Brother an Lil Brother on their 1st Halloween together!

Slade was NOT.HAVING.IT. I don't think it was the mass chaos in the house or the costume that set him off...but that mama had to put him down for his picture. He looked super cute though!!

Sethie-toot was a football player this year!...although some of us think he might make a better cheerleader ;) or drill team member! I personally loved the little eye thingy's under his eyes. Super duper cute!

One of the very few pics of Mr. Gage. He decided that he was going to take off like a lightning bolt and leave everyone else in the dust! He loaded up on candy. :)

Corbin had lots of fun going house to house this year.

Here is a pick of most of the kids we trick-or-treated with this year. (minus Gage, because like I said, he left us eating his dust)

Luigi having tons of fun! Houses always give out better candy than stores. :)

Gage had to play detective to see why there was screaming coming from the bushes. He located the speaker. Both Gage and Corbin did a lot better this year with the scary stuff.

The boys LOVE LOVE LOVE to hand out candy. They waited patiently for the next trick-or-treater, and then loaded them up! (I don't think they listened to us when we told them 2 pieces each)

In true Slade fashion...he slept through most of the festivities, but looked adorable doing it. :)

Happy Halloween!

Trick-or-Treat!

2010-10-30T15:09:00.000-07:00

We continued our tradition Friday night by going downtown, aka "Scare in the Square" and letting the boys and Lincoln go trick-or-treating!!! This year with everyone going to school and the highway being shut down, momentarily, we were almost late...but we made it and the boys had a blast!!

Lincoln didn't really know what was going to happen when we got there, so he was pretty amazed when perfect strangers started putting candy in his bucket. He tried super hard to keep his bucket as empty as possible though by eating all the candy on our walk through downtown. :)

We always try to get there right when it starts because the lines can get pretty long. The boys all did really good though and liked seeing all the costumes.

Iron Man getting some more loot! (look at that grin...)

Mario and his smeared mustache.

Luigi with his crooked mustache. (it is REALLY hard to draw on kids faces!)

Tony Stark himself. Lincoln was pretty sure that he WAS Iron Man for the good part of the day...until he figured out he couldn't fly.

Cute! Cute! Cute! The best (and only) picture of all 3 boys and I had to run ahead and sneak a picture.

Lots of candy and lots of fun!! Tomorrow we will be trick or treating with Seth and Slade! Stay tuned!

EW....Pumpkin Guts!

2010-10-28T17:05:00.000-07:00

Better late than never...tonight the boys and I carved a pumpkin for Halloween! This was the first year that BOTH boys would participate in the getting rid of the pumpkin guts...without utensils!!!

Of course, every other word was "EEEWWWW!"

Showing the guts and seeds.

Finished pumpkin! I did the carving, of course, and I didn't carve crooked. The last pumpkins at Walmart were not in the best shape. :)
(Just in case you are wondering...Corbin's socks are mis-matched on purpose. It was "Mis-match day" at school.)

Such cute lil pumpkins. (even the crooked one in the middle!)

Stay tuned for Halloween posts! There will be two! We have trick or treatin' tomorrow and Sunday!

Partytime! with Dr. Gage Nicholson, M.D.

2010-10-27T11:33:00.001-07:00

Today was Gage's preschool Halloween party! Since I was too nervous that he would mess up his real Halloween costume, he got to pick another one out that would be for school!

This is the reason for my lack of pictures. His schools let parents go trick or treating with the lil ones before the party and Gage would not let go of my hand. Everyone LOVED his lil costume. They went to the multiple offices in the church to get candy.

Even the maintenance guy got in on the action!! (oh yeah...Go RANGERS!!!)

I'm about to go pick lil man up from school and I bet he had a great day and has a lot more candy to bring home! We will be trick or treating again on Friday and then yet again on Sunday! Fun times and TONS of sugar!! (insert sarcasm here....woo.hoo)

Stay tuned for BOTH boys in their costumes! Super cuteness coming up!

Punk'in Patch Kids!

2010-10-24T11:22:00.000-07:00

Friday was field trip day, and where do you go on a field trip in October?? The Pumpkin Patch, of course!!! Above is Corbin with some of his buddies.

Kindergarten plays LOTS of games to keep them entertained!

On the hayride, the kids had to try to find Farmer Joe (Rick?)...anyway, they found him.

My lil pumpkin...with the pumpkin he picked out. He also picked out one for me to take home to Gagey.

Many kids (not my own) LOVE getting their picture taken!

Next was the petting zoo, where the kids got to feed the animals.

The tongue tickled! :)

LUNCH!

Quite the ladies man!

LOVE.THIS.ONE!!

YEEEEE!!! HAWWW!!

Playin' in the hay!

"Sweet" Class Picture

"Silly" Class Picture

Me and my lil punk'in at our first (and possibly only) field trip together. Their next field trip is in the spring...and I'll be a student teacher then!!!

Overall, great time!! I thought I would go a little nutty with a bunch of lil ones, but they were a very well-behaved bunch!

Until next time...

Baby Fever

2010-10-21T19:51:00.001-07:00

Mommies might get a little bit of baby fever when the time comes that their second baby is now riding bikes (and motorcycles) without training wheels. I start thinking about sweet baby Slade and how tiny he is and how Gage and Corbin will never be that tiny again. I think maybe it wouldn't be so bad to have another one...

then about two seconds later I think "Are you friggin nuts?!?! Do you NOT remember the colic and the million feedings and the crying and pooping everywhere???...not to mention the unbelievable deal you got on a tummy tuck!!!" ...and there it went. Baby fever moment over.

P.S. I'm super proud of Gage! He was up and riding in no time! If he falls, he just gets right back on. He's been riding just a week and is already popping wheelies and jumping curbs...which isn't shocking to anyone who knows Gage. BOTH boys are already wanting Santa to bring them new bigger bikes. Gage is also requesting that he gets a ramp...oh dear.

Until next time...

Harry Potter Party!!!

2010-10-16T16:32:00.000-07:00

What a great birthday!! Yesterday, as you all know, Corbin turned 6 years old, and he celebrated today with a birthday party at PumpItUp...with a theme of Harry Potter! (one of me and Corbin's favorites!) He had lots of friends show up, both old and new! Everyone had a blast!!!

Above is a few of the friends that showed up...but there were more!

The birthday boy in his Harry Potter shirt with his lil bro and cousin, Seth!

WEEEEEEE!!!!

WHOA!

Lincoln.

Already looking sweaty. I have over 100 pics of the event, but feel weird posting other peoples kids...except the normal ones I always post ;)

Here is Carter, Gage, Emma and/or Ella having a serious conversation.

Corbin had tons of friends come to his birthday and they were all wanting ALL of Corbin to play with! Lil man is pretty popular!

Birthday buddies. The ONLY time of year that they see each other twice in one week. :)

With 20 kids and parents at the party...I think I saw Sethie-toot about 5 times...but he seemed to be having lots of fun!

Okay...Corbin loves cookie cake, so I got a big Harry Potter one. Then, I panicked thinking there wouldnt' be enough so I got Transformer cupcakes for extra. Practically every kid wanted the cupcakes leaving us with TONS of cookie to bring home!! Fine by me...but my pants won't fit by the end of the week! :)

Happy Birthday!!!

Lincoln, Gage and every other kid there was pretty thirsty after bouncing around for 80 minutes!

Seth.

Carter. Carter's daddy brought him this year and I'm pretty impressed the poor guy lasted the whole party...not only that...He got Corbin (by himself) a super cool gift!! Good Job Kris!

Our lil man made us so proud today. He is such a good kid and so kind to all of his friends. This day was super special to him (and us) and we are so glad all his good friends could make it.

Corbin and Gage with some of the loot!

For favors this year, I made labels that say "Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans" from Harry Potter and put Jelly Belly's in the containers. Big hit...and most of them are yummy too! (except buttered popcorn. ew...I did see some half chewed ones all over the floor of the party room too!)

THANK YOU EVERYONE & A HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my not-so-little baby!! Mommy loves you!

WOW! 3 POSTs at ONE TIME!!!

2010-10-15T15:12:00.001-07:00

Okay, so I know I have been royally sucking at posting lately...so here you go!! Enjoy! LOTS of things have happened in the last week or so:

My Lil Slugger

Slade Thomas Moody

Carson's 6th Birthday Party!

Carson's 6th Birthday Party!

2010-10-15T15:05:00.000-07:00

We headed over to Arlington last Sunday for best bud Carson's 6th Birthday. It was also Caden's birthday party, but I didn't get any pics of him. :( Above is the standard picture I take of Corbin and Carson every year on their birthday. I will be taking another one tomorrow for Corbin's, I'm sure. :)

Since his mommy and daddy were busy watching the Cowboys (lose)...Lincoln got to join in on the fun!! ( I added the "lose" just to frustrate Joey and Michelle...obviously I could care less...ha!)

2 of my party animals waiting patiently for cake AND cookie cake!! Sugar sugar sugar!!!

Think they were playing freeze dance at this point...Corbin looks too cute, so this pic had to be added. The rest of the pics stink. I was too far away. :(

Hope you had a good birthday CARSON & CADEN!!

Stay tuned for Corbin's birthday extravaganza!

Slade Thomas Moody

2010-10-15T15:00:00.000-07:00

Slade surprised everyone and decided to come a few days early! On October 9, 2010, I became a proud aunt for the 6th time. Lil man (who I now have nicknamed tator tot) is so so tiny! My precious babies were NEVER that small. :)

Corbin wasn't thrilled about being in a hospital room...but did exclaim "Oh MY GOD! he is so tiny."

Gagey is in love. We spent a few hours at Sarah's yesterday and he wanted to go back to see Baby Slade about an hour after we left.

Big Brother Seth is proud and happy his lil bro is here...so far. ;)

Happy to finally meet you, tator! I'm already pretty positive I will be your favorite aunt, and I can't wait to hold you again! :)

My Lil Slugger

2010-10-15T14:51:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple pictures Michael took before and after Gagey's first t-ball game last Saturday. I wasn't able to go because of school, but he got lots of pics for me...except many were from far off and you wouldn't be able to tell where Gagey was on the field!

Here he is "baseball ready". Coach Jeremiah says that to get them to put their hands on their knees.

Here he is with his coach and the coach's son. From what I hear, Gagey did a great job! I can't wait to watch him myself this weekend!

What are they up to?

2010-10-03T16:31:00.000-07:00

Its like they made a path to go out the window...personally I think it would be better if it was dog treats, and the dog went out the window...but even though it's not...they are pretty creative. :)

Batter Up!

2010-09-30T07:26:00.001-07:00

Since I'm going to have to miss Gage's first t-ball game (stupid test), I decided to take a couple pics of his practice instead! So far, he's loving it!

Pretending that his bat is a horn.

Playing some catch with Coach Jeremiah. Fyi...for those that don't know...Coach Jeremiah is a good friend of daddy's.

Corbin was there to cheer on his brother!

Rolling the ball to a partner...

Water break

My sweet lil batter.

S-W-I-N-G! Wa hoo!

I can't wait to get pics in his uniform...stay tuned!

Seth's Birthday Party!

2010-09-24T09:35:00.000-07:00

Yea Yea...I know. I suck at blogging lately. Maybe it's the "being the mom, full-time student, small business owner, kinder room mom and most recently, volunteer leader for the school carnival" that is slowing my posts down. Or it could be the strep throat I had last week or migraine this morning... ;)

Saturday was Seth's 3rd Birthday Party. I wasn't in the picture taking mood that day, so I got very few good ones. Here are the best (which isn't saying much):

sad...I know! But the boys had a ball! Hope you had a good birthday Sethie!

Stay tuned...Mr. Gage is playing t-ball!!!!

Meet Busy...aka Busy Bee!

2010-09-12T17:25:00.000-07:00

Corbin got to bring his classroom pet home for the weekend. A sweet lil pillow pet, named Busy Bee. Directions in Busy's bag said that Busy is suppose to go wherever Corbin goes all weekend. Then there is a journal that chronicles Busy's adventures. I wrote a couple paragraphs in Busy's perspective and attached a few pics in the journal. (like the directions said to) I will copy and paste the letter at the bottom, but here are all the pics!

Journal entry to the class:

Hello everyone!

What an un-BEE-lievable weekend I had with my friend, Corbin!

Friday night was a fun night at home where I got to play with Corbin and his little brother, Gage. Wherever they went...I was invited along. I was always either in their hands or put up high off the ground. Why, you might ask? Because Corbin has a puppy named Star who would have REALLY liked to play with me too! Corbin was very careful to keep me clean!

Saturday, we went on a road trip to Waco to see Corbin's daddy race his motorcycle! Those guys can buzz around the track really fast! I was also able to meet Corbin's Mimi & Pop!

Sunday was another relaxing day. We went to Pei Wei and got food to go. Corbin got the best food, and my personal favorite...HONEY-seared chicken!! Yum! I had a great time this weekend, and maybe next time, I'll get to buzz around the race track!

Bee Cool,

Busy

Gage's 1st Day of Pre-K!

2010-09-08T19:15:00.000-07:00

Today was Gagey's first day of school! He wasn't the happiest camper about going...but he did let me take some pics before leaving. I wanted to take my camera to the school too...but because of the hurricane that flew through North Texas, I chose to leave it at home.

He wanted to show off his backpack and lunch box. I think Gage was most excited about not having nap time at school. He has a lot of separation anxiety, and although he cried when we left him, the teachers said he did a great job the rest of the day.

I picked him up after school and he told me about his whole day! (he's been waiting to get the spotlight since big brother went to school) He had lots of fun and played Nascar with a little girl. He's learning Spanish and doing all sort of other fun things in his class! I found out today too that he has a little boy in his class that has a mommy who graduated high school with me! Small world. Even crazier part is that she has 2 boys...and her youngest is named Gage and her oldest is Cole Michael. (I, as you know, have a Corbin Michael.) Craziness! :)

Overall, he had a great first day. I think the next few times will probably be a rough start leaving mommy or daddy...but I'm really hoping he'll get more excited and happy to be there.

On another note....

Corbin has been watching his teacher write with a dry-erase marker a lot lately...and he even has a little whiteboard and dry erase marker at his desk. Today, Michael found him decorating one of my frames with a sharpie. You should have seen his face when he tried to wipe it off. Michael thought I would flip my lid...but I LOVE my newly decorated frame. I'm leaving it the way it is too.

Until next time...

When Mom's Away...

2010-09-04T19:17:00.000-07:00

...the boys sneak out one of her cameras and play photographer. Well, Corbin plays photographer...Gage is the model.

This picture really shows that mom isn't home. Mom would never let anyone climb on top of the dressers. (especially so close to all my favorite books!) Dad is much more fun...if he even knows about this...

Overall, I think Corbin did a good job. Now if he could just learn how to use photoshop....

The (Corbin's) First Week of School...

2010-08-29T12:30:00.000-07:00

I don't know if I told everyone, but Corbin has to be at school by 7:45am every morning! This means that from now on, starting this week...I have to have Corbin, myself and Gage ready and out of the house by 7:20am at the latest! Cross your fingers that happens. :)

Anyway, immediately after dropping Corbin off this week, and since his school doesn't start til after Labor Day...Gage immediately wants to be entertained. Friday morning at 8am...I had the bounce house in the front yard. (Lots of drawing and games have been played during the week also) I sort of feel sorry for the mommies who only have one child. :) Gage meets his teachers' on Friday, with school starting on Wednesday of next week.

Corbin walked out of school on Friday in this t-shirt! :) Class of 2023...He also wanted to show off the picture he colored of his dog, Star. This first week was a rollercoaster for Corbin. He was bounced around between the kindergarten teachers, and from what I can tell, wasn't on a schedule...until Thursday. Thursday and Friday he got to spend the day with his favorite teacher, and on those two days only, did he come out at the end of the day with a smile (Thanks Mrs. H!) . We also found out on Friday that his favorite teacher will be his permanent homeroom teacher for the rest of the year! He is really excited! (and mommy is too!)

I will be driving to Denton five times this week (round-trip), so expect more posts next week...maybe. :) Wish me luck!

A Nicholson Boy Update

2010-08-25T17:41:00.000-07:00

Just thought I'd give everyone a little update on how this week is going!

Gage had his 4 year well visit this morning...which means he got 4 shots!!! He's 51th percentile for height and the 65th percentile for weight! The doctor called him "solid." He passed his vision test and had a little bit of trouble during the hearing, so we have to go get it rechecked in a few weeks. (It could have something to do with his current congestion issues.) He passed all other tests with flying colors! :)

Corbin is on Day #3 with school, and has been doing really good in the morning, but when picking him up he looks miserable. I think it's because he's exhausted, but he says that kindergarten is "boring." I think it will get better next week when he has his permanent homeroom teacher. (crossing my fingers!)

Since it was super nice out today...I had taken the boys to the park....here are a few of my favorites! (below)

Next week I start school! Here's hoping to a good last semester! (well...before student teaching)

The First Day...

2010-08-23T16:55:00.000-07:00

Our morning started out at 6am. Corbin shot right up and was ready to go to school. I had told him, since it was the first day, we could get donuts. He chose Race Trac gas station donuts. (sigh)

He wanted to pose.

We got to the school a little before opening time, so I took this picture in front. I wasn't alone. Every parent from every grade level was taking turns taking this same picture. Lil man was nervous, but excited.

Kindergarten meets altogether at the same time in the morning. Unbelievable amount of chaos. We took this picture real quick and then went into the mostly empty hallways to do a potty break and take a couple pics.

Corbin in front of his classroom. Mrs. Hall is his current teacher, but this could possibly change at the end of the week. They move the kids around for the first week and will assess the best possible class for each student. I will know Friday for sure who his teacher will be.

Waiting in the room with the million other kindergarteners and the 2 million parents snapping pics, taking video footage and waving madly from across the room. By this time, Corbin started freaking out a bit. The teachers ran behind (first day stuff) and he was in the room a tad too long. He got upset when it was time for goodbyes. (Mommy got upset too...but I waited to break down in the hallway.)

I was wanting to pick up Corbin as soon as we got home and after that, I checked my watch every 20 minutes, wondering if he was okay. When it was time for pickup, which was a complete mess, he was upset again because I took too long to get him. (Not my fault...I was literally stuck in traffic...elementary school traffic.) Corbin told me school was boring except for PE and lunch...and when I said tomorrow would probably be better...he said, "I have to go back tomorrow?" Going to be lots of fun getting him up now. ;) Here's hoping to tomorrow is fun!

Vision Problems

2010-08-21T18:26:00.000-07:00

My eyesight may be going bad. This is the little boy that everyone else see's going to kindergarten...

...but this (below) is the little boy that I see going to kindergarten.

Mama is going to be a gigantic mess on Monday.

Stay tuned for the pics. I already warned Corbin that there will be around 100 pictures taken.

Hawaiian Falls...Season Finale

2010-08-19T10:21:00.000-07:00

For my birthday this year, Michael got me and the boys season passes to the waterpark, Hawaiian Falls. We went ALL.THE.TIME...probably 2 times a week most weeks since it opened. Well, this week was the last week that it would be open for the weekdays, so we went to the park for (probably) the last time this season. It was PACKED!

We got there a little earlier than usual and had to wait in a long line. The boys hung around...literally.

Since Uncle Joey was off work, we got to bring Lincoln to the waterpark too! (Aunt Michelle had appointments :( )

Like I said...they were literally hanging around while waiting for the gates to open.

My little kindergarten-er. (I know...probably not a word, but who cares) I still can't believe my baby is going to be going to school in a few short days.

This is the sign for the area the boys most like at this waterpark. Splashwater Harbor is a pool area. Their favorite area is just a regular pool..with no waves or slides...sigh.

They most like the pool area because they can go underwater and do "tricks" and things. They usually take turns and you usually just hear things like "Watch this..." and "I can do that too!"

Lincoln tried to do everything the boys did. It was pretty funny too. :)

I don't remember what was going on here...but it looks like a collision of showing tricks. Sometimes they would get sick of watching each other and would go at the same time.

Overall, we had an AWESOME summer and I think the season passes had a lot to do with it! I'm thinking I wouldn't at all be upset if I got the same birthday present next year! (hint hint)

To the BEACH!

2010-08-15T16:50:00.000-07:00

About a month ago, Corbin mentioned to Michael that he wanted to go fishing in the ocean, so we decided, before school started that we would take a mini-vacation to Galveston! We left on Wednesday and got there right after lunch. We were out of the hotel within 15 minutes of getting there and heading across the street to the beach!!

When driving up and seeing the ocean, Gage said "Look! The waves are on!" He then continued to call it a "wave pool" for most of the trip. :) After getting salt water in their eyes and mouths, the boys opted for the hotel pool for most of our vacation.

Later that night, we grabbed a pizza and went fishing. Here is Corbin with his net to try to catch crab. (no such luck)

Gagey all ready to catch whatever came at him! :)

Here is the lone fish...a baby catfish that Corbin caught. It was ticked and drew blood on Michael.

Gage lasted about 10 minutes fishing, so mommy took him to the beach to wade in the water.

UGH....UGH...UGH. The next morning, at the butt crack of dawn, we headed to a boat to go bay fishing for 4 HOURS!!! The boys got bored fairly quickly, mommy was incredibly seasick the whole time and Michael caught one flippin catfish. This adventure is now on the top of my list of "Things I will NEVER do again"

Here is the reason I went bay fishing though...precious boy.

Corbin checking out the dolphins.

The boys loved watching all the huge boats and ships when our boat was heading to and from the fishing sites.

At about this point, I was very very happy to be getting off this effing boat. Our pier we were docked at wasn't too far away from the cruise ship in this picture.

Since I was still feeling kinda icky (2 hours) after the boat ride, I decided that seafood would be ok for lunch. Anyone that knows me knows that I HATE seafood. I was good by the time we ordered though so I got a sandwich that had this awesome orange bread with poppy seeds on it. Don't know what it was but it was YUM YUM! The boys and Michael had some fish and chips. :)

We ate on the patio at Fish Tales and had an amazing view of the beach.

Gagey wanted a picture of him with the beach, but instead I got him with the hotel in the background that was still messed up from Hurricane Ike damage.

Standing in front of the restaurant at a little boat sandbox.

At about 4:30pm, when it was still super hot out, we decided to rent a bike to ride around on. Michael and I were peddlers and the boys got to sit in the very front. We were completely exhausted and dripping with sweat after about 10 minutes, and then found out that Michael forgot to take off the emergency break. We were rolling after that and lasted about 45 minutes of our 1 1/2 hour rental. :)

Dinner, of course, was at the Rainforest Cafe! Michael and I got a couple of (well-deserved) margaritas while we waited for our seats.

Picture opportunities were everywhere around this place, so here are the two best pictures!

We left Friday morning, and were in Madisonville by lunch, so we stopped at Buc-ee's for some food, gas and bathroom breaks! This place was so cute and had the nicest bathrooms I have ever been in.

We got home and I was so excited that we were all out of that little hotel room and everyone was going to be in their own bedrooms that night...then our air conditioning went out and we all had to stay in one bedroom around a portable a/c unit. Oh well! Michael was able to fix it by Saturday afternoon!

Fun times!!! Now it's time to get Corbin all ready and organized for kindergarten next week. :(

Stay tuned...